FORT SMITH FIREBIRDS GETTING SET TO PLAY THIS SEASON

August 22, 2013

Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA) www.abalive.com today announced that the Fort Smith Firebirds are getting set to begin play this season. “Jamar Birdsong, the team Owner/President, has been working all spring and summer putting things in place, and we are very pleased that he is ready to go,” stated ABA CEO Joe Newman. “Jamar has been playing basketball since the age of six in Fort Smith,

really loves the game, and he wants to give the youth of the community a chance to see that they have a chance to further their career in basketball and to give players a chance that have been overlooked in Fort Smith.”

“We are in a really tough division,” added Birdsong. “There are many perennial playoff teams coming out of the ABA’s Southwest Division, including last year’s Runner Up team, the North Dallas Vandals. But we know there is great talent here in Arkansas and it is our goal to find the best available talent to compete. Even more than that, however, we want to give our fans and sponsors something they can be proud of and support and we will do everything we can to justify their confidence in us.”

Only 25 years old, Jamal and his wife have five children included two sets of twins. “I am going to work very hard to make my family proud also,” commented Birdsong. “Watch the Fort Smith Firebirds.” For more information, visit www.fortsmithfirebirds.com or call Jamar Birdsong at 479 222 5559 or email marmar2084@yahoo.com or visit www.abalive.com.